Sinclair Lewis
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Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinclair Lewis canonical | 7 |
| Harry Sinclair Lewis | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (declined)
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| birthName |
Sinclair Lewis
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Harry Sinclair Lewis
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| burialPlace | Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| child |
Michael Lewis
ⓘ
Wells Lewis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-02-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-01-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
The Saturday Evening Post
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surface form:
Saturday Evening Post
various publishing houses ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | American society and culture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
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social criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Sinclair ⓘ |
| influenced | American social novelists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Herbert George Wells
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surface form:
H. G. Wells
Theodore Dreiser ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
realism
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social realism ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arrowsmith
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Babbitt ⓘ Dodsworth ⓘ Elmer Gantry ⓘ It Couldn’t Happen Here ⓘ
surface form:
It Can't Happen Here
Main Street ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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playwright ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| period | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States of America
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surface form:
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Rome
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surface form:
Rome, Italy
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| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London, United Kingdom
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, United States
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
Vermont ⓘ
surface form:
Vermont, United States
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| spouse |
Dorothy Thompson
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Grace Livingston Hegger ⓘ |
| writingStyle | satirical portrayal of American middle-class life ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harry Sinclair Lewis
this entity surface form:
Harry Sinclair Lewis